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Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is a nationally recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.
Experts (86)
Christine Hatch
UMass Extension Professor in Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences
Christine Hatch is a hydrogeologist who studies the intersection between water resources, ecology and climate change,
Dams and Climate-Induced Storms Rewilding Hydrogeology Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions Climate Change Water Resources
Meghan Huber
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Meghan Huber's research focuses on understanding how humans and robots can learn from their physical interaction
Exoskeletons Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Robotics Human-Robot Interaction
Tom Juravich
Professor of Labor Studies and Sociology
Tom Juravich studies work, workers and the labor movement.
Labor Unions Ethnographic Research Labor Movements Work and the Labor Process Working Class and Union Culture
Jasmine Kerrissey
Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Labor Center at UMass Amherst
Jasmine Kerrissey is an expert on labor movements, work and inequality
Worker Strikes Labor Studies Labor Movements Social Movements and Collective Behavior Political Sociology of Health Gig Economy Worker Rights
Michael Knodler Jr.
William W. Boyer Endowed Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the UMass Transportation Center
Michael Knodler's main areas of research and teaching are related to transportation safety, operations, design, and education.
Transportation Engineering Traffic Operations Driver Behavior (Older & Younger) Transportation Safety Pedestrian & Bicycles Intelligent transportation systems
Matthew Lackner
Director of Wind Energy Center and Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy
Matthew Lackner studies offshore wind energy with a focus on the aerodynamics and structural control of floating offshore wind turbines.
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Renewable Energy Systems Wind Turbines Energy, Environment, and Water Offshore wind power
Isaac Larsen
Associate Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
Geoscientist Isaac Larsen has made groundbreaking discoveries about the rate, extent and causes of soil erosion in the American Midwest.
Soil Erosion Landsacape Evolution Megafloods Geomorphology Agriculure and Soil Erosion
Ivan Lee
Associate Professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
Ivan Lee develops mobile and personalized health solutions.
Mobile and Personalized Health Wearable Health Sensing Embedded Systems Sensor Data Analytics
Brian Levine
Director of Cybersecurity Institute and Distinguished Professor in the Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
Brian Levine's work focuses on thwarting child sexual exploitation on the internet.
internet-based child exploitation Digital Forensics Network Security Internet Security Child Rescue
Toussaint Losier
Associate Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
Toussaint Losier's research focuses on grassroots responses to the postwar emergence of mass incarceration in Chicago and other areas
Mass Incarceration Grassroots Responses to Mass Incarceration Criminal Justice Policy Incarceration and Racial Disparity
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